glasen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English glæsen, from Proto-West Germanic *glasīn. Equivalent to glas +‎ -en (“made of”).

Alternative forms

• glason, glassen, glasun, glasyn, glæsen, glesen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaːzən/, /ˈɡlasən/

Adjective

glasen (plural and weak singular glasene)

2. Made of glass.
3. Resembling or characteristic of glass.

Descendants

• English: glazen, glassen
• Scots: glasin, glaisin, glassin

References

• “glā̆sen, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.

Etymology 2

From glas +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

• glace, glacyn, glasyn, glaysse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaːzən/, /ˈɡlasən/

Verb

glasen

1. To install glass panes (in a building).
2. To coat ceramics in a layer of transparent coating.
3. To make shiny, glossy, or polished.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: glaze

References

• “glā̆sen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.

Slovene

Alternative forms

• glasán

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlàːsən/

Adjective

glásən (comparative glasnȇjši, superlative nȁjglasnȇjši)

1. loud (of a sound)

Inflection

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Further reading

• “glasen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

glasen

1. definite plural of glas

Anagrams

• algens, glesna, lagens, legans, nagels, slagen, slagne